Question About Collector Grade Wood

[latigo 1]

I've noticed something lately about CMP Collector Grade rifles. What separates them from, say Correct Grades, is the wood. For that matter, SG Specials prices are because of the wood, too. That said, in the past year or so, I've seen 8-10 CG rifles for sale on the net, and at gunshows. What is becoming apparent, at least to me, is that the appearance of the wood doesn't always look like CG wood. It still looks nice, but really not different than wood on CG rifles. Anyone else notice it, or is it just me? The only way I would get one of these, would be from CMP directly. Once it passes through other hands, who knows what might happen.
Charlie

I think I missed something. You say it doesn't look like CG wood but not really different than wood on CG rifles ?
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[Charlie59]

I think I missed something. You say it doesn't look like CG wood but not really different than wood on CG rifles ?
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The way I wrote it, doesn't make sense to me, either! I'll correct it in a minute, but what I meant is that some of the wood I've seen lately, on Collector Grade rifles isn't any different than wood on Correct Grade rifles. It should be, IMO. A guy had a Collector Grade HRA for sale on CMPs' site not too long ago. The stock was super nice, and I believe he got close to 4K for it.
Charlie

[mpd1978]

The fact about all the jargon of Collector, correct, unissued etc is that they are just words that dont really mean anything. The proof is in what the gun looks like and what condition you rate it personally to be in, which will in turn constitute what you are willing to pay. Some of the Corrects we are seeing now are mint 99% guns with almost no wear, whereas some of the "collector" grades of years past are nowhere near as nice as todays "corrects". Its all very subjective and not exactly an exact science.
You have also made a very good point about CMP certificates, if you didnt get it yourself, who knows what has been done to the gun, so they arent worth much to me(unless they are mine originally).